SOLICITATION NOTICE
83 -- Cloth, Nylon Duck Camoflauge Green
- Notice Date
- 9/21/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 313221
— Narrow Fabric Mills
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Procurement Branch, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20534
- ZIP Code
- 20534
- Solicitation Number
- CT1747-05
- Response Due
- 10/7/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2006
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 and FAR part 13 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is CT1747-05 and is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-05. The North American Industry Classification System code is 31321 and small business size standard is 500. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., intends to enter into a three-year, firm-fixed-price, Requirements type contract for nylon duck camoflauge green fabric. The period of performance for this requirement is from date of award three years from date of award. The delivery time is forty five (45) days after receipt of delivery order. The estimated quantity requested for the life of the contract for Terre Haute, IN is 80,030 YD and the amount estimated for Raybrook, NY 108,000 YD. The delivery order minimum is 3,000 YD for both Raybrook and Terre Haute. The delivery order maximum for Terre Haute is 36,000 YD and the delivery order maximum for Raybrook is 18,000 YD. Item 0001 - ITEM NUMBER: FAB3181, M,43375,DUK,NYL,CAMO/GRN-483,12.5OZ,50"W, DESCRIPTION: CLOTH,NYLON,DUCK, THE 12.5 OUNCE NYLON DUCK CLOTH WILL BE DYED CAMOFLAUGE GREEN 483,COLOR CHIP #34094 OF FED STD.595B, AND SHALL CONFORM TO CLASS 2 OF MILITARY SPEC MIL-C-43375E, EXCEPT THE CLOTH WILL HAVE AN AVERAGE DIMENSIONAL CHANGE OF NO MORE THAN 3.5% MAXIMUM IN EITHER THE WARP OR FILLING DIRECTION,AND THE AIR PERMEABILITY REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE 4.0 MAXIMUM. TESTING IS SPECIFIED IN 4.4.3. OF MIL-C-43375E,9/18/90. 1. CLAUSE. GOVERNMENT SOURCE INSPECTION IS REQUIRED. 2. DPSCM 4155.3 GOVERNMENT VERIFICATION TESTING IS REQUIRED. 3. DPSCM 4155.3 GOVERNMENT SHADE EVALUATION IS REQUIRED. COC & RELATED TEST DATA SHOULD ACCOMPANY OR PRECEDE SHIPMENT. UNIT OF MEASURE: YARD. PRODUCTS IN THIS SOLICITATION MUST BE DOMESTIC ONLY, MANUFACTURED IN ITS ENTIRETY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IF YOU OFFER FOREIGN PRODUCTS, YOUR OFFER WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.204-6, Contractor Identification Number Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS); 52.211-16, Variation in Quantity, The permissible variation shall be +2%/ -2%; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation -Commercial Items applies. This requirement willl be done as a Reverse Auction utilizing Global eProcure to conduct the bidding event. All pricing shall be offered at the time of the bidding event. However, all solicitation packages shall be returned to the attention of Freida McClain completed with all required information exclusive of pricing. The award shall be based on best value to the Government. The evaluation factors are as follows: Past Performance, ability to conform to the specifications, and price. Past performance is significantly more important than cost or price. The Government may make award without discussions - therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain offeror's best pricing. Tradeoff Process: It may be in the Government's best interest to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technical rated offeror. This process may include tradeoffs among cost/price and non-cost factors and allows the Government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal if the perceived benefits of the highest priced proposal are determined to merit the additional cost. The following forms must be included with the Offer: SF-1449, ACH form, FPI9999.999-9 Business Management Questionnaire must be completed with a minimum of three(3) references for those that have been performed that are similar or like the service being solicited for. 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Effective January 1, 2005, all offers are required to complete Section K, Representations and certifications by logging onto http://orca.bpn.gov as part of the proposal submission process . You are required to key in your DUNS# and MPIN to gain access to the representations and certifications. Your MPIN is the nine digit code containing one alpha character and one number (no special character or spaces). The MPIN is created, by you, in your company CCR record when your CCR registration has been completed. You can add your representations and certifications and update using this site. It is the offerors responsibility to ensure data is up to date at all. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, at http://orca.bpn.gov. 52.212-4,(d) DEVIATION Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; 52.233-1 Disputes.(DIVIATION) Disputes arising under or relating to this contract shall be resolved in accordance with clause FAR 52.233-1 Disputes (JUL 2002) (DEVIATION), which is incorporated herein by reference. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any dispute arising under the contract. To view the full text clause FAR 52.233-1 Disputes (JUL 2002)(DEVIATION) go to www.unicor.gov select Business Opportunities, then select Deviation. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, which includes 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I and 52.232-33, Payment of Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration; 52.215-6, Place of Performance, Please include the name and address of the supplier (s); (a) The offeror or respondent, in the performance of any contract resulting from this solicitation, [ ] intends, [ ] does not intend [check applicable block] to use one or more plants or facilities located at a different address from the address of the offeror or respondent as indicated in this proposal or response to request for information. (b) If the offeror or respondent checks ?intends? in paragraph (a) of this provision, it shall insert in the following spaces the required information: Place of Performance Name and Address of Owner (Street Address, City ,and Operator of the Plant State, County, Zip Code) or Facility if Other than Offeror or Respondent ____________________ _______________________ ____________________ _______________________ 52.216-18, Ordering, Orders may be issued under the resulting contract from the date of award through three (3) years thereafter; 52.216-19, Order Limitations. (a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than 3,000 YD, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract. (b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor - (1) Any order for a single item in excess of 36,000 YD(for Terre Haute 18,000 YD for Raybrook (2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of 36,000 YD Terre Haute and 18,000 for Raybrook; or (3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 10 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section. (c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph (b) of this section. (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 5 days after issuance, with written notice stating the Contractor's intent not to ship the item (or items) called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the supplies or services from another source. 52.216-21, Requirements The Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after 45 days after contract expiration; 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representation; The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 31321. The small business size standard is 500. 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan; 52.219-22, Small Disadvantaged Business Status; 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program-Disadvantaged Status and Reporting; 52.219-26 , Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program-Incentive Subcontracting; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances; 52.232-15, Progress Payments Not Included; 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration; 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Other than Central Contractor Registration; 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party; 52.233-2, Service of Protest 52.233-3, Protest after Award; 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order; 52.246-1, Contractor Inspection Requirements; 52.246-15, Certificate of Conformance; 52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies; 52.247-34, F.O. B. Destination, Delivery shall be FOB destination to UNICOR - USP Terre Haute, 4200 Bureau Road North, Terre Haute, IN 47808 and FCI Raybrook-Federal Prison Industries, Old Raybrook RD, Raybrook, NY 12977. The COTR for Terre Haute is Patty Bauer 812-244-4655 and for Raybrook is Mary Valley, 518-897-4197. DELIVERY HOURS: Normal delivery hours are as follows: 7:30 am - 11:00 am and 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday, notwithstanding emergencies and Federal holidays. Any questions or problems regarding payment should be directed to the Business Manager at USP Terre Haute,IN Dennis Larsen, Telephone: 812-238-3581 and at FCI Raybrook, NY, Gary Lanthier, Telephone 518-897-4191. 52.253-1, Computer Generated Forms; FPI 1000D, Packaging and Marking - Preservation, packaging, and marking for all items covered by this contract shall be in accordance with commercial practice and adequate to insure acceptance by common carrier and safe arrival at destination. The contract number should be on or adjacent to the exterior shipping label. Each package received must be marked for type and quantity. A Certificate of Conformance must accompany each shipment. All shipments should be labeled as follows: a. Vendor name b. Purchase Order number and/or Contract number c. Item description d. Item quantity and weight e. Other pertinent information FPI 1000E1, IDENTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED LABORATORY AND SOURCE SAMPLING SOURCE SELECTION - Reference FAR Clause 52.246INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES FIXEDPRICE (AUG 1996), paragraph (i) (1) AND (2), inspection of material to source sampling, the following clause titled: IDENTIFICATION OF QUALIFIED LABORATORY AND SOURCE SAMPLING is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this contract: (a) The offeror or bidder shall indicate in paragraph (e) below the name and address of the laboratory or laboratories where components or end items will be tested during the course of any resultant contract. A Qualified Laboratories List (QLL) is available through the Commander, DPSC, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19101, ATTN: DPSC. Any laboratory proposed by the contractor not on the QLL is subject to the approval of the Contracting Officer. (b) The Government QAR will cut samples from a lot at the textile component source and send them for testing to the Qualified Laboratory (QL) cited below. (The acceptability of each lot will be determined through the testing of these samples). In addition, the QAR will simultaneously cut samples from the same rolls of material and send them to the DPSC Laboratory. For end items, duplicate samples will be drawn. Source sampling procedures are detailed further in DPSC Manual, Quality Systems Requirement, 4155.3, which is incorporated by reference. (c) The prime contractor will notify the DPSC Laboratory (DPSCPOL #215in writing at least ten (10) days in advance when lots are to be presented to allow Government witnessing of QL testing. If the Government intends to witness testing, a representative from the DPSC laboratory will notify the QL. In the absence of Government notification, testing should proceed as scheduled. (d) If a laboratory is removed from the QLL during the course of a contract, DPSC will perform the required testing for up to 30 calendar days from the date of removal. The contractor is responsible for securing the services of another QL during this period. The charge for testing will be the DPSC Laboratory's effective cost rate on the date of testing. (e) Any change in the laboratory (laboratories) specified below is prohibited unless approved in advance by the Contracting Officer: NAME AND ADDRESS OF LABORATORY: [ ]. COMPONENT IDENTIFY: [ ]. NAME AND ADDRESS COMPONENT SOURCE: [ ]. * When a single lot of material requires testing by more than one laboratory for difference characteristics, list the name of the secondary laboratory and test characteristics below: NAME AND ADDRESS OF LABORATORY: [ ]. COMPONENT IDENTIFY: [ ]. TEST CHARACTERISTICS: [ ]. (f) It is solely the prime contractor's responsibility to schedule QL testing and to obtain test reports. The cost of QL testing shall also be borne by the prime contractor. (g) Shipment of component materials to the prime contractor need not be deferred pending test results except when shade approval is required (see paragraph (h)). Cutting production lots without a passing QL test report on the corresponding samples is done at the contractor's own risk. (h) Shade evaluation is acceptance testing. Therefore, component lots may not be shipped to the prime contractor until the DPSC Laboratory accepts the shade of the material. FPI 1000F1, Delivery Order - Orders shall customarily be made by phone, with subsequent written confirmation containing the following information: a. Date of order b. Contract number and order number c. Item number and description, quantity, and unit price d. Delivery or performance date e. Place of delivery f. Shipping instructions g. Accounting data h. Any other pertinent information Delivery shall be no later than 45 days after receipt of delivery order. The period of performance for this contract will be from the date of award through three (3) years. FPI 1000I1, Preferences for Certain Domestic Commodities, (a) The Contractor agrees to deliver under this contract only such of the following articles that have been grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, its possessions, or Puerto Rico-- (1) Food; (2) Clothing; (3) Tents, tarpaulins, or covers; (4) Cotton and other natural fiber products; (5) Woven silk or woven silk blends; (6) Spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth; (7) Synthetic fabric, and coated synthetic fabric; (8) Canvas products; (9) Wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles); or (10) Any item of individual equipment manufactured from or containing such fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials. (b) This clause does not apply-- (1) To supplies listed in FAR 25.108(d)(1), or other supplies for which the Government has determined that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity cannot be acquired as and when needed at U.S. market prices; (2) To foods which have been manufactured or processed in the United States, its possessions, or Puerto Rico; or (3) To chemical warfare protective clothing produced in the countries listed in subsection 225.872-1 of the Defense FAR Supplement; FPI 1000K2, Subcontract Certification, This contract does ( ) does not ( ) provide for any subcontracting possibilities. If answer is in the affirmative, offeror will submit a subcontracting plan in accordance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-9, FPR Temp. Reg. 50; FPI 999.999-9, Business Management Questionnaire - This must be completed and provided with your offer- The document can be downloaded at the following website: www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Each proposal package shall consist of the following completed and signed documents: SF1449, all amendments issued, copy of current representations and certifications for commercial items or must be complete in the ORCA website (FAR 52.212-3), three Business Management Questionnaires of contracts that are of similar or like items and an ACH form. A completed ACH form must be on file prior to contract award - This document can be downloaded at the following website: www.unicor.gov/procurement/proforms.htm. All offers shall be submitted by the date and time specified ( October 7, 2005 @ 2:00 PM) to the attention of Freida McClain, Supervisory Contract Officer, UNICOR Clothing and Textiles-6th Floor, 400 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534. Offers should be submitted on the SF1449. The date and time for receipt of proposals exclusive of pricing is Friday, October 7, 2005 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Offer must indicate Solicitation No. CT1747-05, time specified for receipt of offer, name, address and telephone number of offeror, technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation, certification that offerors representations have been entered at the ORCA website, and acknowledgement of all amendments if any. All proposals that fail to certify that required representations and certifications have been completed at the ORCA website or fail to complete the required information of that website and to adhere to the terms and conditions of this solicitation shall no longer be considered for award. All contractors MUST be registered in the Contractor Performance System (CPS). To register go to cps.od.nih.gov click on the hypertext Registration for existing contractors listed under the column labeled #Contractor Information, # read the information provided in the page and click the hypertext http:////cpscontractor.nih.gov/, this will put you to the login screen of the Contractor Performance System (CPS). On the right hand side of the screen you will see a question # not Register to the new CPS yet# Click here to start the process under BULLETINS.# Click the word #here# which is hypertext format. Enter the required information to register. If you have questions you can contact CPS Support by e-mail cps-support-I@list.nih.gov or call Jo Ann, Paulette or Alex on (301) 451-2771. Any amendments hereby issued to this solicitation shall be synopsized in the same manner as this solicitation and must be acknowledged by each offeror. Offerors must hold prices firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Offers or modifications shall be received by the date and time specified in this solicitation (October 7, 2005 @ 2:00 PM) or they shall not be considered for award. Questions regarding this requirement may be addressed in writing to Freida McClain, fmcclain@central.unicor.gov. All FAR forms, clauses and provisions necessary to submit an offer may be accessed at the following web site: http://www.arnet.gov/far. This combined synopsis/solicitation and necessary forms are available on web site: http://www.eps.gov or http://www.unicor.gov/procurement/proclothing.htm. Interested parties may obtain copies of Military and Federal Specifications and Standards, Qualified Product Lists, Military Handbooks, and other standardization documents from the DoD Single Stock Point (DODSSP), in Philadelphia, PA. Most documents are available in Adobe PDF format from the ASSIST database via the Internet at http://assist.daps.mil. Users may search for documents using the ASSIST-Quick Search and, in most cases, download the documents directly via the Internet using standard browser software. Documents not available for downloading from ASSIST can be ordered from the DODSSP using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard, after establishing a DODSSP Customer Account by following the registration procedures or by phoning the DoDSSP Special Assistance Desk at (215) 697-2179 (DSN: 442-2179). Users not having access to the Internet may contact the DODSSP Special Assistance Desk at (215) 697-2179 (DSN: 442-2179) or mail requests to the DODSSP, Bldg. 4/D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094. Patterns, Drawings, Deviations Lists, Purchase Descriptions, etc., are not stocked at the DODSSP. Copies of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained from GSA, Federal Supply Service, Specifications Section, Suite 8100 470 LEnfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20407, Phone: 202-619-8925 and Facsimile 202-619-8978. The Contracting Officer has opted to conduct a competitive, anonymous, on-line reverse auction, auction as described herein. The Contracting Entity has retained Global eProcure to conduct the auction for this to conduct the auction for this solicitation. Global eProcure refers to its auction as a Web-based Bidding Event.
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